Banksy

People who enjoy waving flags don't deserve to have one

— Banksy

Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.

— Banksy

Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was

— Banksy

I give away thousands of paintings for free.

— Banksy

The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal,

— Banksy

Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.

— Banksy

“I sucked a lot of breasts to get where I am today.”

— Banksy

I don't believe in anything. I'm just here for the violence.

— Banksy

“Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.”

— Banksy

It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.

— Banksy

I started painting graffiti in the classic New York style of big letters and characters but I was never very good at…

— Banksy

Graffiti's always been a temporary art form. You make your mark and then they scrub it off.

— Banksy

People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don't actually have to behave like one.

— Banksy

“When the time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don't make any fuss.”

— Banksy

Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that

— Banksy

If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.

— Banksy

I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as 'good at drawing' doesn't sound…

— Banksy

Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to…

— Banksy

Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with…

— Banksy

I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art…

— Banksy

I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead…

— Banksy

If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be…

— Banksy

“Your mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high…

— Banksy

The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff,…

— Banksy

I figure there are enough self-opinionated assholes trying to get their ugly little faces in front of you as it is. You…

— Banksy

The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the…

— Banksy

Once upon a time there was a bear and a bee who lived in a wood and were the best of friends.…

— Banksy

My lawyer's opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more - because…

— Banksy

Graffiti ultimately wins out over proper art because it becomes part of your city, it' s a tool; "I'll meet you in…

— Banksy

Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something…

— Banksy

The human race is the most stupid and unfair kind of race. A lot of the runners don't even get decent sneakers…

— Banksy

I think its pretty clear that film is the pre-eminent art form of our age. If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were…

— Banksy

“Art is not like other culture because its success is not made by its audience. The public fills concert halls and cinemas…

— Banksy

“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then…

— Banksy

“Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a great and glorious nation. Favourite amongst his subjects was the court…

— Banksy

the people who run our cities dont understand graffiti because they think nothing has the right to exist unless it makes a…

— Banksy

One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.

— Banksy

If at first you don't succeed, Call an airstrike.

— Banksy

“This revolution is for display purposes only.”

— Banksy

In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes.

— Banksy